The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-07-02
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| Texas prohibitlonlsts who dlsclaim III
I intention Of aiding in the maintenance O
| their organization as n distinct politica
party hardly deal fairly with many OF thos
who furnish the revenue for conducting tn
pending contest. The national prohibition
organ In New York. In collecting subscrip
tons for the expenses Of the campaign II
Texas, Is of course interested further thai
in the simple adoption Of the amendment 4, y
money Is, Of course, to win victory her
that will extend the national influence o
their party and increase its strength 10
| future contests.
The above is from the Ga YES ,on
Dallas News of this morning; and b.
that utterance from so high an anti
prohibition authority, that party
stands self convicted Of having for III
sole purpose in this campaign thu
perpetuation OF the liquor
power ard the increase of III
strength in legislation, il'
influence in commercial relations, IN
social circles and throughout every
member of government and society.
First, the HERALD denies and chal'
lenges the News to prove that the
prohibitionists of Texas have through
accredited representatives sought as
sistance through any political organ
in any northern or western state. On
the other hand, the letter of the An
heuser- Busch Co., the official proceed
ings of the National Protective Asso-
citation, tie National Brewers and
wholesale Liquor Dealers Association,
and several well-known missions OF
prominent and representative Texas
ants to st. Louis, Chicago and Louis
vile, leave not a doubt that
the ants in Texas are both soliciting
and receiving large sums of money
for their campaign in Texas,-for what
ultimate purpose the News declares,
by measuring the prohibition object
in it's own half bushe. The aim Of the
liquor traffic to perpetuate its power,
siren CITIZEN itself and fortify against
future infringement by law and right
on their liberty to encourage all that
is wrong, and discountenance and OPP
pose all that is virtuous, pure
and good, in men and government.
In EVERY OBJECT for the good of
society and for the publication of our
government, our people are opposed
and handicapped by the united oppo-
sition of this monstrous liquor infu-
ence of whisky dealers and their inn
mediate votaries; we do not refer
alone to dealers, but more particu-
Iarly to the indirect influence through
other men who occupy position and
influence in their spheres whose
influence, combined with the open and
aggressive influence of the whisky
ring, is too oft all-powerful. This in
fuence permeates every condition OF
life. confronts every honorable and
conscientious man who aspires to an
upright and consistent life; it secretly
but eflcctually antagonizes his mercan-
tile interests, opposes his progress in
his profession and keeps him in the
back ground of the political arena.
Were the saloons satisfied with the
millions they take from the legitimate
channels Of trade, depriring their
patrons of the neccssaries of life, aud
pleasures and luxuries, which they af-
ford their own families, giving
instead the poison which benumbs the
intellect and robs manhood OF pride
and honor, they (the saloons) would
not be such a formidable power in
political and business circles. Could
the hellish appetite of the saloons be
satisfied at the brink of the grave of
the father, or at the prison door as the
heavy hinges close harshly on the son,
they would not be so much feared by
the lovers of good order and an hon
est government. Would they cease
their war on society when
they have grown rich and
have competence even for
their children and their children's
children, when they can enjoy their
millions of wealth in sight of poor
houses, states prisons and miserable
poverty. stricken human beings, there
might be some hope that the young
men of to-day, or at least their pos.